Oxford City Council says results from a consultation will help inform the future of busking in the city.

Street performing, or busking, is a profession that dates back to antiquity. Before recording technology and personal electronics, it was a principal form of income for many performance artists. Still ...

For centuries, street singing was considered the lowest form of a musical career. Street musicians—buskers—were looked on as glorified beggars. But cities that once outlawed busking have come to ...

Walk through Covent Garden on any day of the week and you’ll see magicians, musicians and risky-looking circus acts providing free entertainment for a circle of wide-eyed spectators. “You can make a ...

Our kids wanted to travel, so my husband and I encouraged them to earn money to fund trips. We told them we would pay for music lessons, then they could use their skills earn money busking. As street ...

NPR's A Martinez talks with Cary Baker, author of "Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music." JEWEL: (Singing) These foolish games are... MARTÍNEZ: B.B. King, Tracy Chapman, Ed ...

Busking in central London is "slowly becoming non-existent", a musician has said, amid a warning that the loss of established performance pitches is forcing some some to give up their careers and is ...

Katie Ferrara performing on the street in Switzerland Credit: (Photo by Daniel Bossart, courtesy Katie Ferrara) Performing music on a street corner to a transient audience sounds like an excruciating ...

Busking is a street performance, defined as "the act or practice of entertaining by dancing, singing, juggling, etc., on the street or in a public place," according to Dictionary.com. Some musicians ...